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Originally Posted by cybmole
ok - epub is overdrive -> you. wifi not required [wired PC, usb transfer]
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Surely you meant to say "WiFi is not an option at all, wired PC via USB transfer is mandatory".
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mobi is overdrive -> amazon -> you. wifi essential
equally slick if all components are working , including your own wifi, I guess
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WiFi has never and will never be a requirement for Amazon ebooks. It is always an
option, in addition to downloading direct from the website and sideloading that file... once again easier than downloading a file into ADE, then using ADE to sideload... because there is no dependency on additional programs.
As I recall, certain publishers actually had an agreement that Kindle ebooks could only be checked out of the library if Amazon made you download via the browser and sideload...
so if anything it is the opposite; it is manual download that is (was?) essential, and WiFi is a no-no. Making ADE and Amazon rather similar.
This was their officially recognized way of, to paraphrase their own words, not allowing it to be too easy to check out an ebook, lest people get in the habit of instantly borrowing a book instead of buying it.
(Of course, once you checked it out and "downloaded", you could then sync the Kindle and download via WiFi.
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As for ADE to Kobo, maybe you are right, I always go via PC. I guess I assumed because all the components exist. i.e. device has an auth and a web browser, and can read epub; that it would "just work" but maybe not. I do recall testing one tame but maybe that was when I still had Sony, before I bought the kobo.
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It is missing the last component (I assume? I guess it could simply be turned off) -- an Adobe Content Server client.
Merely having RMSDK only serves to decrypt a book using the ADEPT method.
Decryption actually has nothing to do with registering and verifying an Adobe ID with ACS and negotiating book records (based on the .acsm permissions file) in order to download the ebook itself.